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this_o be_v upon_o several_a occasion_n 3._o from_o pride_n and_o ambition_n envy_n and_o malignity_n of_o spirit_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o corah_n dathan_n and_o abiram_n who_o imagine_v themselves_o to_o be_v altogether_o as_o deserve_v as_o moses_n and_o aaron_n and_o to_o have_v as_o much_o right_a as_o they_o to_o that_o authority_n which_o they_o pretend_v those_o great_a minister_n of_o god_n have_v usurp_v over_o the_o people_n 4._o sometime_o from_o luxury_n and_o wantonness_n as_o when_o the_o israelite_n murmur_v because_o they_o have_v not_o such_o dainty_a food_n as_o they_o look_v for_o though_o they_o be_v otherwise_o plentiful_o and_o miraculous_o feed_v with_o manna_n from_o heaven_n which_o they_o be_v cloy_v withal_o and_o loathe_a numb_a xi_o 5._o sometime_o or_o rather_o always_o from_o unthankfulness_n for_o the_o great_a mercy_n we_o enjoy_v which_o be_v in_o all_o condition_n so_o many_o that_o they_o may_v well_o silence_v all_o unmannerly_a complaint_n do_v we_o but_o take_v the_o pain_n to_o lay_v those_o blessing_n to_o heart_n especial_o if_o we_o compare_v they_o with_o the_o bad_a condition_n wherein_o we_o have_v sometime_o be_v or_o deserve_v to_o be_v if_o we_o be_v not_o more_o grateful_a than_o to_o complain_v in_o a_o better_a this_o be_v also_o the_o case_n of_o the_o whole_a hebrew_n nation_n in_o the_o wilderness_n who_o forget_v the_o work_n of_o god_n and_o remember_v not_o the_o wonder_v he_o have_v do_v for_o they_o nor_o the_o evil_n from_o which_o he_o have_v deliver_v they_o and_o so_o fall_v into_o fit_n of_o discontent_n upon_o every_o occasion_n and_o it_o be_v the_o case_n of_o all_o other_o man_n who_o be_v guilty_a of_o this_o sin_n at_o this_o day_n for_o as_o oecumenius_n note_v upon_o those_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n do_v all_o thing_n without_o murmur_n and_o dispute_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phil._n ii_o 14._o he_o that_o murmur_n be_v unthankful_a unto_o god_n and_o he_o that_o be_v unthankful_a speak_v hardly_o of_o he_o 6._o sometime_o from_o vile_a covetousness_n though_o cover_v under_o specious_a pretence_n as_o when_o judas_n the_o traitor_n murmur_v at_o the_o waste_n of_o the_o precious_a ointment_n pour_v on_o our_o saviour_n which_o he_o will_v have_v have_v sell_v that_o the_o money_n may_v have_v come_v into_o his_o pocket_n last_o from_o want_n of_o a_o lively_a faith_n in_o god_n and_o in_o his_o good_a providence_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o old_a israelite_n also_o who_o murmur_v say_v can_v god_n furnish_v a_o table_n in_o the_o wilderness_n behold_v he_o cleave_v the_o rock_n that_o the_o water_n gush_v out_o can_v he_o give_v bread_n also_o can_v he_o provide_v flesh_n for_o his_o people_n psal_n lxxviii_o 19_o 20._o the_o former_a instance_n of_o his_o power_n do_v not_o breed_v such_o a_o confidence_n in_o he_o as_o they_o shall_v have_v wrought_v in_o their_o heart_n but_o they_o still_o disinherit_v he_o who_o they_o can_v not_o 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